Happy Mothers of Bi-Racial Children and Grandchildren

Have you ever though about this and the fact that you have a really cool family? We have advantages where some would not know what its like to be in a family of different cultures we see it face up, the differences in the races, close up and personal.

Here’s a story of one of my experiences. But first, a little bit of how I grew up.

My Mother and Father, my Grandparents, my aunts, uncles, their cousins and so on, originated in the south, that era was quite different then it is now. They lived in the land, that their parents only knew, work, trials, pressure of the times especially, since most of the people only knew the farms, they understood the south, and adjusted they lived through trying times for centuries. Mixing races was really not looked as it was ok for two people who love each other to be together. Back in the day, there were people who loved each other had to hide. Some race’s was formed because of some master’s that only used slaves for breeding, to work in the houses of masters.

The time I grew up in, hearing about my dad’s and family experiences of the south, My folks had left the south while young, back in the 40’s. South was not a place they wanted to raise their children. I didn’t think of even trying to get with other races. Even though, I love men of all colors, from afar that I was attracted to, I dared not do it. Why, because I was scared to do it, plus, I really didn’t want the pressure that I saw others had and knew what it would be rough so I chose not to.

My mother always taught us to love other people, “even them”, she would say. So, I was not raised to hate other people, just taught to be cautious. There are good people in this world “even them” she’ll tell me. We had moved, to the west, and when we traveled to the south to visit, I had my doubts, about the goodness that was shown to me by them, when I was there, when I was as a young girl.

I was scared for my own family, even in the 80’s, things were changing….. I thought until, I moved into “the neighborhood”…… later on that story.

The nineties were better, when 2000 came, well there were some people that didn’t like the idea, but it was growing rapidly, the opposed was drying up….

“Mixed-race people are the fastest growing ethnic minority group (defined according to the National Statistics classification) in the UK and are predicted to be the largest minority group by 2020. ^“ (Wikipedia)

“The population of multiracial kids in the U.S. has soared from approximately 500,000 in 1970 to more than 6.8 million in 2000, according to Census data quoted in this pdf.”

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1880467,00.html#ixzz0mYIhaKZW

Mother’s Day is around the corner.We are celebrated by our families. We don’t care what color our husbands or wives, boyfriends or girlfriends, sisters or brothers, children or grandchildren or etc…. We only care that we love each other, we can spend time together. We are thankful that we are a family. ……

Gwendolyn Davis